Source: Jay L. Clendenin / Getty A legal battle to give proper ownership back to the descendants of a formerly Black-owned beachfront in California has been going on since earlier this summer, and thankfully Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will return rights back to the living heirs of Willa and Charles Bruce. With…
By now Tameka Foster has heard and seen it all when it comes to snide comments made by her ex-husband Usher’s fans. But one she can’t seem to shake is the belief that she wed the R&B heartthrob in 2007 to get at his fortune. “The truth is, I really, really loved my husband,” Foster…
Bryan Wheels was the only Black member of the Skils’kin contract crew at F.E. Warren Air Force Base A Black civilian grounds-keeping and kitchen worker at a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming was retaliated against and ultimately fired for complaining when other workers called him racial epithets, a lawsuit said. A supervisor told Bryan…
Entertainment mogul Nick Cannon has used his platform to amplify the importance of ownership and financial freedom and he’s putting the focus on empowering students at historically Black colleges and universities to take charge of their futures. According to The News & Observer, the television host unveiled a student debt cancellation initiative for HBCU scholars….
Death toll rises to 700,000 from 600,000 in less than four months It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time when vaccines —…
Keyshia Ka’oir‘s post of Gucci Mane and their son Ice Davis tugged fans’ heartstrings on Sept. 30 after viewing the pair spending quality time together. In the recording, the rapper is seen in a life-size playpen with Davis as he pretends to take a call from the 9-month-old’s toy phone. Gucci said, “Who you want…
Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty Organizers and community members warned about right-wing infiltrators during racial justice protests last year. When shots were fired in Minneapolis as the Third Precinct police station burned, people on the ground insisted the gunshots were the result of right-wing agitators. They were right. According to MPR News, Ivan Harrison Hunter…
Ivan Hunter is a member of the “Boogaloo Boys,” a white supremacist movement looking to start a new American Civil War. A Texas man pleaded guilty to a single count of rioting after traveling to Minneapolis from the San Antonio area to create chaos under the shroud of the 2020 protests in the aftermath of…
Actress Vanessa Baden isn’t the cute little girl from Nickelodeon anymore. She has gone on to become a writer, producer and director for many shows, and she is also a mother. Now the Emmy winner is opening up to Atlanta Black Star about her childhood in Hollywood, how she discovered writing as a passion and…
Source: Courtesy Focus Features / Focus Features One of the more touching films we’ve seen this year is “Blue Bayou.” An official selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival from award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon),…
